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Ralph's Blakeney Red Perai 6% |
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 Ralph's Blakeney Red Perry 6% abv is a full flavoured, refeshing and well balanced premium perry.
As for the pears its made from, they're Blakeney Red.
Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs.
Brewed by Ralph's in Radnorshire.
Encouraged by memories of his grandfather, Ralph decided to follow in his footsteps and have a go at making cider, could he match the outstanding quality of his grandfather's cider's, only time would tell.
Ralph has been making cider since 1976.
A move to Anglesey from Shropshire in 1978 posed a real problem to Ralph's new found hobby, (He became a farm manager for Bertram Bulmer, of Bulmers cider). This new job was not Ralph's problem though; his concern was the lack of cider fruit on Anglesey and in north Wales as a whole.
After a bit of thought these difficulties were overcome. The half term holidays from school in October became the annual pilgrimage to Radnorshire, Ralph's cousin's ancient orchard of white norman apples was the venue, with apples ripe for pressing the family picked as many bags as they could. The apples were then loaded onto the landrover & trailer and transported to a farm just outside Hereford for milling and pressing. The precious juice was then poured into a 56 gallon barrel in the back of the landrover, kids and all, for the journey back to Anglesey.
Bertram Bulmer encouraged Ralph to continue his production of cider, but with a clause, a limit of one barrel a year!, after all, the farm work had to be done!!.
The cider made in 1982 was an exceptionally good one, Bertram (quality control) decided to take a bottle back to the laboratories in Hereford for analysis. It was declared the best tasting cider that year - clear, bright with an alcohol content of 8%, needless to say it did not last very long.
A move to Old Badland in 1986 was Ralph's opportunity to farm for himself, a hard decision to make but with the backing of his family an opportunity not to miss. He knew the farm had a small orchard of very old trees, so began the challenge, to restore it to its former glory.
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